Foods Co’s Food Chain Mural Restored

Sprawling across a 200-foot by 25-foot surface on Shotwell between 14th and 15th streets, high-speed muralist Brian Barneclo’s “Food Chain” serves as a guardian of its community and a reminder of street art’s vulnerability.

Christi Acevedo, a nearby resident first began organizing for the mural in 2005. It was her way of cleaning up the streets.

“The people in the neighborhood were upset, they thought a mural might fend off some of the needles, fornicating, etcetera,” Barneclo said. READ MORE.